On Fri, 02 Dec 2022 15:59:35 +1030 Tim via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2022-12-01 at 09:12 -0800, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > What's going on is configuration of claws-mail for OAuth2 > > connection to gmail. At the end of the process one connects to > > Google (with Firefox) to provide an authorization password. At that > > point things go haywire with the 8888 address. > > > > It turns out that the system in question appears to have hardware > > problems, so that's probably the root issue. > > It doesn't sound like hardware issue. > > I have Evolution set to access a gmail account, also using that > authentication scheme. The first time you attempt to access it, or > after some failures, Evolution pops up a mini webbrowser window for > you to authenticate with Google: Some login details, confirmation > clicks, I can't really remember what, it was a long time ago, and may > be different now. It mostly just connects without asking me any > questions every day. > > If you have a HTTP proxy anywhere, perhaps that's throwing a spanner > in the works. Look through your email settings, your browser > settings, options for your desktop, your general network settings for > the whole computer. > > I suppose we should ask the obvious: Has this worked for you before? > Yes, it's been working just fine ever since ... And there are no proxies anywhere. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
